419 scam: adrian bayford <alkasimattahir@gmail.com> =?UTF-8?B?QmxhaG/FvmVsw6FtIHbDoW0sIMW+ZSBzdGUgb2RvIG3FiGEgZG9zdGFsaSB0w7p0byBwc

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- ioffice22@yahoo.com (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: adrian bayford <alkasimattahir@gmail.com>
Reply-To: bayford1976@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2022 18:54:30 +0100
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?QmxhaG/FvmVsw6FtIHbDoW0sIMW+ZSBzdGUgb2RvIG3FiGEgZG9zdGFsaSB0w7p0byBwcg==?=
=?UTF-8?B?w61sZcW+aXRvc8WlLg==?=

>From Chairman Emeritus, Mr. Ratan Naval Tata, managing director, Tata
Group of Companies.

Dear Beneficiary,

This is an official message directed to you from (Chairman Emeritus)
Mr. Ratan Naval Tata, managing director, Tata Group of Companies; i am
an Industrialist and a Philanthropist, and a citizen of India. I have
voluntarily decided to donate this $10,800,000.00USD (Ten Million
Eight Hundred Thousand US Dollars) to you as my company worldwide is
having an ongoing grand finale promo for the year 2022; and i am
donating this 10,800,000.00USD to each of the five (5) lucky persons
in the whole world which your email contact is among one of the five
lucky email contacts that was selected for the year 2022 promo. I am
making this donation to you as one of the ways i can render my
assistance to the mankind in order to eradicate poverty in the
society as this deadly disease has badly affected the whole world, and
have caused a lot of damages in the society today.

This is a fortune from me to you in order to help people who were
badly affected by the deadly disease (Covid-19); Therefore, you must
use this money to help your entire family and the poor people around
you. Contact me on my private email (ioffice22@yahoo.com) with your
complete name & the name of your country so that i can direct you on
how the payment will be made to you.

Please kindly verify about me by by visiting or clicking on this web
page below;

https://www.tatasteel.com/corporate/our-organisation/leadership/chairman-emeritus/

I congratulates you for having this opportunity from me.

Yours sincerely
Mr. Ratan Naval Tata
(Chairman Emeritus)

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